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Patent cooperation treaty
date: 2001-10-03

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Establishment of alliance

(1) States party to this Treaty ( Hereinafter referred to as the Contracting States ) Form a coalition, The filing of an application for the protection of an invention, Search and review cooperate, And provide special technical services. This alliance is called the International Patent Cooperation Alliance.

(2) Nothing in this Treaty shall be construed to prejudice the rights to which any national or resident of a State party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property shall be entitled under that Convention.

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Unless otherwise expressly provided, For the purposes of this Treaty and the Implementing Rules, (i) "Apply for" An application for protection of an invention; Refer to "Apply for" It shall be interpreted as referring to a patent for invention, Inventor's certificate, Certificate of utility, Utility model, Supplemental patent or certificate, Application for supplemental Inventor's Certificate and supplemental Utility Certificate; (ii) Refer to "patent" It shall be interpreted as referring to a patent for invention, Inventor's certificate, Certificate of utility, Utility model, Supplemental patent or certificate, Supplemental Inventor's certificate and supplemental utility certificate; (iii) "National patent" It means a patent granted by a state organ; (iv) "Territorial patent" A patent granted by a national or intergovernmental authority that has the power to grant a patent effective in more than one country; (v) "District application" It refers to the application of regional patents; (vi) Refer to "National application" It should be interpreted as referring to the application of national and regional patents, Except for applications made under this Treaty; (vii) "International application" Means an application made under this Treaty;

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